Thematic Bible: Early notice of, amongst God's professing people

And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: '{Long ago} your ancestors--Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor--lived beyond the river, and they served other gods.

Verse Concepts

Past, TheHistory Of NationsDifferent Gods

Serving One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesSpecial Revelation

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the idols that belonged to her father.

Verse Concepts

CriminalsHousehold GodsSheepStealing

Suffering, Causes OfSheep ShearingRobbing Gods

And God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from before Esau your brother." Then Jacob said to his household and to all who [were] with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that [are] in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone." read more.
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that [were] in their hands, and the ornamental rings that [were] in their ears. And Jacob buried them under the oak which [was] near Shechem.